WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:04.879 This is a podcast from WOOR. It is The Jesse 2 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:09.039 Kelly Show. Final hour of The Jesse Kelly Show on 3 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:12.839 a Tuesday. Selena Zito's gonna join us about a half 4 00:00:12.919 --> 00:00:14.759 hour from now. We'll talk a little bit more about 5 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:17.079 the Trump election with her. She was all over that. 6 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:20.399 Gonna deal with some illegal immigration talk. I'm gonna talk 7 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:23.239 about the FBI director, the new one here really quickly, 8 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:26.000 and then we'll probably do some screwing off some voicemails 9 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:30.679 and emails and other things. But FBI director, that's the 10 00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:35.359 big one for me and honestly for everyone. But you 11 00:00:35.439 --> 00:00:40.119 cannot have an evil secret police agency in a country 12 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:44.320 and remain free. You cannot. As I've said many times before, 13 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:48.039 I believe the FBI will cause a civil war if 14 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:51.039 it is not reformed or look, in a perfect world, 15 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:54.719 to be completely eliminated. But that's the cost of having 16 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:58.520 a secret police agency that works exclusively for one side. 17 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:01.600 That's what happens. So it's a big, big, big deal. 18 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:08.319 Attorney General and FBI director. They are like peas and carrots, 19 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:11.719 as Forrest Gump would say, they are that you've never 20 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:14.040 seen Forrest Gump, Chris, Chris don't have time for you 21 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:17.200 right now. They work together. They work together a lot 22 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:20.319 to attack crime. So we're gonna have Pam Bondi as 23 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:25.079 Attorney General. Okay, let's hope she does really well. I 24 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:29.519 don't hate it. I don't love it. She'll be fine, 25 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:32.560 all right. Fine. That means the other half of that 26 00:01:32.599 --> 00:01:36.120 equation needs to be the fire breathing dragon we want. 27 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:41.239 And there really hasn't been a ton of talk about 28 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:45.719 this pick just yet, but I'm hearing two names now, 29 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:49.920 Cash Patel. You've probably heard of him. He's one of 30 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:54.239 the main guys. And I love Cash Battel, and I 31 00:01:54.319 --> 00:01:56.760 love him for FBI director. Let me make sure I'm 32 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:00.719 crystal clear about that. Cash Battel has so several times 33 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:04.719 on camera talked about how the FBI is corrupt, evil. 34 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:08.240 It needs to be spread out, broken up. Cash Battel 35 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:12.400 has the exact mentality. We need to stomp into that 36 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:16.639 the Checka's office and start making waves. Cash Battel would 37 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:22.280 be wonderful. And the hardcore Trump world knows Cash and 38 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:26.039 loves Cash. Maybe you do good, good good again, not 39 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:28.960 shooting any of that down. If it's Cash Battel, I 40 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:31.759 will be doing backflips on camera. I'm kidding. I want it. 41 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:35.120 I'll hurt my knee, but I'll be mentally doing backflips. 42 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:40.000 There is another name that I am hearing floated around 43 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:45.680 quite a bit, and knee or no knee, I might 44 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:50.639 actually do backflips if it's him. If you're in Missouri, 45 00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:54.560 you already know who Andrew Bailey is. If you're heavily 46 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:59.960 politically involved, you know who Andrew Bailey is. For those unfamiliar, 47 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:05.120 Andrew Bailey is the Attorney General of the state of Missouri, 48 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:12.639 and he's not like most GOP ags. Andrew Bailey. You know, 49 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:17.000 we talked a lot about how Republican ags under Joe 50 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:22.319 Biden they should view their role as standing in between 51 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:25.719 the federal government and their citizens. They should view themselves 52 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:29.840 as protectors of their citizens, the citizens of their state, 53 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:33.439 from a lawless, evil government. That's what Joe Biden had. 54 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:38.199 There aren't very many ags in the country who took 55 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:43.879 on that role. Andrew Bailey did and has and still is. 56 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:49.719 I should note Andrew Bailey is a beast. Did you 57 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:54.919 know how much I despise almost every politician. Andrew Bailey 58 00:03:55.319 --> 00:04:00.560 has handled his job at AG perfectly for what we need. 59 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:05.080 If you were to take Andrew Bailey. If the FBI 60 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:08.960 director gets announced and it's Andrew Bailey, and maybe you're 61 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:10.759 one of these people, it's got to be Cash, Betael, 62 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:13.879 it's got to be Cash, Battel, and they announced Andrew Bailey. 63 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:20.879 Don't be disappointed. Trust me on that. Don't be disappointed. 64 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:23.560 I love Cash too. If it's Cash, I'll be thrilled. 65 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:28.439 If it's Andrew Bailey, I will probably be equally thrilled, 66 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:31.959 if not more. That's how incredible that pick would be. 67 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:36.839 That man would walk into the FBI and a lot 68 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:44.360 of very very evil people would be very nervous Andrew Bailey. Man, 69 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:48.240 if Trump picks Andrew Bailey, That's that's going to be 70 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:50.519 a good day. That's going to be a really good day. 71 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:52.240 Let's go back to the voicemails. 72 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:54.839 Okay, yes, yeah, watch your show all the time. I'm 73 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:58.240 eighty six years old. I'm a per former US Marine. 74 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:01.800 I don't wear the Marine Corps the every day. In fact, 75 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:06.560 I was a Elite Forces first recon participant. 76 00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:09.879 And okay, let me just pause. I don't even know 77 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:11.639 what he's gonna say. Maybe he's gonna scream at me. 78 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:17.720 I don't even care. I I owe you a thank 79 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:21.720 you because I am the most blessed person in the 80 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:24.399 history of the world that I get to do this 81 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:27.879 for a living. I've had a normal life in real 82 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:32.600 jobs my entire life. I cannot believe that people like 83 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:35.519 this show. And I can't believe that salty old eighty 84 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:40.800 six year old Marines first recon listen to me talk. 85 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:43.199 You have any idea how cool that is for me? 86 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:49.639 For me, who's the biggest celebrity out there, the Rock 87 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:52.439 or something. The Rock's a big celebrity, right If I 88 00:05:52.480 --> 00:05:55.160 found out The Rock listen to the show, it would 89 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:58.360 do nothing for me whatsoever. Nothing. It's nothing against him, 90 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:00.759 not a fan, not a hater, just wouldn't do anything 91 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:03.639 for me. I find out an eighty six year old 92 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:05.720 United States Marine listens, and he may be about to 93 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:07.959 chew me out. For all I know, an eighty six 94 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:12.680 year old United States Marine listens. That's that's as cool 95 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:13.360 as it guess. 96 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:15.560 Okay, Jesse, Yeah, I watch your show all the time. 97 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:19.319 I'm eighty six years old, I'm a former US Marine. 98 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:22.839 I wear the Marine Corps will every day. In fact, 99 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:28.560 I was an Elite Forces first free Con participant, and 100 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:33.600 he brought up the issue about these guys join disability 101 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:36.439 when they don't serve it. I know one right here 102 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:41.959 in my community draws one hundred percent. He bagsedesby, gets up, 103 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:46.720 runs two miles every day that he decorates his house 104 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:50.759 for Christmas at the highest eaves, the best in the 105 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:56.319 entire city of Durant, Oklahoma. And he goes dancing three 106 00:06:56.439 --> 00:07:01.120 nights a week. He tells me drows disabuilding with Vietnam, 107 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:04.639 and then he said in Vietnam he had a pendicidus 108 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:07.680 right after he got there, went to the hospital. The 109 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:11.000 doctor kept him there at the hospital for his full 110 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:16.759 year term because he played golf and he counseled or 111 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:20.120 something of the veterans. So you you brought up a 112 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:24.879 good subject, Jesse. I see veterans all the time with 113 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:25.439 their arms. 114 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:28.399 They shot often. I could just cry for those guys. 115 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:32.279 And and then you have those like this old boy 116 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:37.360 overt Durant, Oklahoma, that is just worth this. Well, thank 117 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:41.199 you for your marine service and your show is just 118 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:42.680 absolutely great. 119 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:46.639 Thank you freaking salt of the old Vietnam Marine listens 120 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:50.439 to the show. Gosh, that's so sick. I didn't I 121 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:53.879 didn't mean for it to become a thing where I 122 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:58.199 was talking a lot about veterans and disability. But the 123 00:07:58.279 --> 00:08:00.600 truth is there's a lot of scam there. There is. 124 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:03.040 There's a lot of it. People take advantage of things, 125 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:06.680 and I have friends who did and still are. 126 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:07.600 Man. 127 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:11.639 I don't like it. I absolutely despise it. Jesse, do 128 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:12.160 you uh? 129 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:12.639 Oh? 130 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:15.560 I apparently were it? Asked doctor Jesse Wednesday a little 131 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:18.199 bit early. Remember to get your questions emailed in now 132 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:22.120 to Jesse at Jesse kellyshow dot com for tomorrow. Jesse, 133 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:24.360 do you have a trick to make velveta shells and 134 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:28.680 cheese creamy and good? As the initial cook the next 135 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:31.680 day after they've been in the fridge, the reheat makes 136 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:37.600 it disgusting and dry. Gosh, it's not disgusting and dry. 137 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:44.639 The flavors have finally gotten to know each other. That cream. 138 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:50.600 The cream is not gone. The cream is now on 139 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:56.080 the inside. You've taken the cream and you've merged the 140 00:08:56.200 --> 00:09:00.679 cream with the pasta in the meat. If you're worried 141 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:04.039 that it's a little dry, maybe you can sprinkle a 142 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:07.039 couple drops of water on your plate of Elvita shells 143 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:10.279 and cheese before you reheat it. It'll keep things a 144 00:09:10.279 --> 00:09:14.279 little bit more moist. But the cream is still there. 145 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:18.159 It's just on the inside. Enjoy it, Chris. Do you 146 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:21.600 not eat velvita shells and cheese? Have you never had this? 147 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:27.679 I did not say I didn't have a solution. I 148 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:31.840 just gave a solution. I just gave a solution, Chris. Obviously, 149 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:35.519 pasta is gonna taste different the next day. And when 150 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:38.480 it comes to things like fetichini alfredo, I told you 151 00:09:38.519 --> 00:09:41.000 O makes the best feed each fetichini alfredo in the world. 152 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:44.879 Fetichini alfredo and mac and cheese, you're not gonna have 153 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:48.399 that same the same texture the next day like you 154 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:51.840 will with spaghetti. But it's not because the cream is gone. 155 00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:54.759 I'm trying to explain. I'm trying to bring people up, Chris. 156 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:58.000 While you bring me down, I'm bringing other people up. 157 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:03.279 The cream is there. Cream has just been injected internally, 158 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:07.679 all right. It's on the inside. Sir Jesse Kelly, Commander 159 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:10.320 of the Pink Flower Brigade, can you say a few 160 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:13.799 words about Wake Island. Coming from a family of Marines 161 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:16.039 who go back to my grandpa who was a devil dog, 162 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:19.679 I've only heard it was an unnecessary disaster caused by 163 00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:24.200 Marines under wimpy Navy command Ooh, I don't think i'd 164 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:28.120 say that. Okay, let's touch on Wake really briefly. Next, 165 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:35.799 Sean Hannity, this is the Jesse Kelly Show on a Wednesday, 166 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:38.879 on a Tuesday, not a Wednesday. Not a Wednesday, it's 167 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:42.320 a Tuesday. Remember, you can email the show Jesse at 168 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:46.840 Jesse Kellyshow dot com. Selena Zito, she called the Trump 169 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:49.080 win before it happened. She's going to join us ten 170 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:51.759 minutes from now. She's probably too humble to be arrogant 171 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:54.120 about it the way I would, of course. So somebody 172 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:57.960 asked about Wake Island and guy said he heard it 173 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:02.279 was an unnecessary disaster call by the Marines under wimpy 174 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:07.039 Navy command. I would not at all classify Wake Island 175 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:11.720 like that. So Wake Island just a little We're just 176 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:14.240 to do a little mini history for those who may 177 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:20.879 not know. Remember, Pearl Harbor for us is a huge 178 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:24.840 event still to this state. It is a huge event. Understandably, 179 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:28.480 who what happened? They just attacked us out of nowhere. 180 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:31.480 If it's a big, big, big deal to the state 181 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:36.399 in this country, and it should be. But for the Japanese. 182 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:41.159 It's not that Pearl Harbor wasn't huge for the Japanese, though. 183 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:49.799 Pearl Harbor was one aspect of a multi pronged surprise 184 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:54.720 attack that they launched in a very short span against 185 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:57.320 a bunch of different places. The best way I can 186 00:11:57.320 --> 00:11:59.399 think of it is, think about the island of Japan. 187 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:05.159 It's island of Japan. Now, picture all these different groups, 188 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:10.320 different armies, if you will, and spread them out like sunshine, 189 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:15.360 all different directions. That's essentially it's a very dumb down 190 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:20.279 version of what they did. Japan's theory was, let's surprise 191 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:25.240 attack everybody all at once. Let's take as much as 192 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:30.440 we possibly can, gobble everything up, then fortify it because 193 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:34.240 we know we can't we can't take everything. We know 194 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:36.200 they're going to fight back, they're going to try to 195 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:39.360 take back what we took, but we fortify it to 196 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:43.440 such a degree that eventually, whoever comes to attack us, 197 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:49.039 we'll have to sue for peace. And then, in Japan's eyes, 198 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:52.679 if they double let's say they doubled. They did more 199 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:54.879 than that, but let's say they doubled their territory with 200 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:57.679 their initial attack. Well, even if they end up having 201 00:12:57.720 --> 00:13:02.240 to give half that seventy five percent of that back, 202 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:06.559 then there's still twenty five percent better than they were before. Right, 203 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:08.399 That was the way of thinking. Take as much as 204 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:10.840 you can. Yeah, we'll probably have to give some back 205 00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:13.720 in the end, but we'll be fine. They did not 206 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:18.399 take into account America's unconditional surrender attitude that we had 207 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:23.679 after Pearl Harbor. Anyway, So while Pearl Harbor was happening, 208 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:29.399 the same day Wake Island happened. Now, if you look 209 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:33.759 this up, you'll say, Jesse you're wrong, because Wake Island. 210 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:37.679 The Japanese attacked the Marines and Navy people on Wake 211 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:42.559 Island on December eighth, But that's because of the time 212 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:46.919 change in the different time zones. Yes, Wake Island was 213 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:51.600 attacked on December eighth, but Pearl Harbor, everyone knows, was 214 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:55.440 attacked on December seventh, and actually it was the exact 215 00:13:55.919 --> 00:14:00.639 same time. So no, Wake Island wasn't a failure by anybody. 216 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:04.320 It was just a tiny little garrison. There were not 217 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:08.799 many people there, and the Japanese wanted Wake Island badly, 218 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:13.159 and so while Pearl Harbor was going on, they launched 219 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:20.000 this assault on Wake Island. We weren't at war. I 220 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:22.120 I'm trying to picture how I would describe it, like 221 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:24.720 I was stationed in twenty nine palms. Now this isn't 222 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:26.919 because it's not an island in the middle of the ocean, 223 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:29.120 it won't have as much play. But I was stationed 224 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:32.600 in twenty nine palms before we declared war in Iraq, 225 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:36.039 I was in twenty nine palms. It would be like 226 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:40.759 waking up one morning in the barracks and there's a 227 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:44.960 division of Chinese troops storming through the gates attacking the base. 228 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:48.080 Wait a minute, We're not at war with China. Wait, 229 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:53.039 what what is going on? So losing Wake Island, which 230 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:56.200 we eventually did, although it took them a couple tries 231 00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:59.679 and it didn't fall in a day or two. The 232 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:02.759 marine means and the sailors, to be honest, they put 233 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:05.559 up a brawl on Wake Island and they made the 234 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:09.440 Japanese really really feel it, really feel it badly. But 235 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:14.240 they had no idea an attack was coming. Really, nobody did. 236 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:16.559 I don't know who's telling people out there. That was 237 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:20.600 a terrible failure. And to clarify, I'm sure there was failure. 238 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:24.720 I'm sure there were intelligence failures that missed things maybe 239 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:29.600 even command on the ground failures. But whatever failures there 240 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:34.720 may have been, Wake Island was always going to fall. 241 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:38.080 You have a tiny garrison that was attacked by a 242 00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:42.000 very capable Japanese force that had been training for it, 243 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:44.759 and the tiny garrison didn't even know what was coming. 244 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:48.919 Wake Island was always going to fall. But remember that, 245 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:52.159 Remember the nice little tidbit for trivia night. Wake Island 246 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:56.279 was December eighth, Pearl Harbor was December seventh, But they 247 00:15:56.440 --> 00:16:01.480 actually took place on the same day, on the same day, 248 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:04.559 and it wasn't alone that they weren't the only two people. 249 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:07.919 The Japanese did more than just attack us over forty 250 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:11.679 eight seventy two hours. Honestly a couple of weeks. They 251 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:15.480 sent their fleet and their troops out in every single 252 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:19.879 direction to try to create a huge circule, of huge 253 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:24.840 defense perimeter, if you will, around the Japanese islands. Again, 254 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:30.440 the plan was take them, fortify them, dare the quote 255 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:33.759 soft Westerners to come get us out of them. That 256 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:37.480 was their way of thinking. And I guess we weren't 257 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:43.080 quite as soft as they thought. Now. Selena Zito. Selena 258 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:47.080 Zito has this terrible habit of being right with her 259 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:51.320 political predictions. How does she do that? She was right 260 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:53.519 about the Trump stuff she called Trump's went in twenty 261 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:56.919 sixteen too, and she called this last one. How does 262 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:59.039 she do that? Let's talk to Selena about that and 263 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:04.000 her Thanksgiving. Well, first, let's talk about saving a baby's life. 264 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:06.759 It is the Christmas season. Well, I guess we haven't 265 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:09.640 had Thanksgiving yet, so it still qualifies as the holiday season. 266 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:17.519 But babies are still dying in droves now that the 267 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:22.599 abortion pill is so readily available. Babies die a lot 268 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:27.400 in this country. How do we fight back against a 269 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:30.400 pill being delivered to you in the mail. Well, the 270 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:33.160 only way to fight back is to change hearts. And 271 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:35.559 you change hearts with the gift of ultrasound. That's what 272 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:41.319 Preborn does. Two hundred a day. That's how many lives 273 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:45.599 Preborn saves. Two hundred babies that were about to be 274 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:50.640 executed saved because of what you do with preborn. They 275 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:55.319 give ultrasounds free. That young woman, free ultrasound for her. 276 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:58.200 She hears that heartbeat will choose life almost every time. 277 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:00.880 And if she needs help after that, need stapers or 278 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:03.680 formula or place to go, Preborn's there up to two 279 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:07.240 years of care now. That is doing the Lord's work 280 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:12.160 right there, and it's tax deductible for Pete's sake. Preborn 281 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:16.880 dot com slash Jesse is where you give sponsor by Preborn. 282 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:22.160 We'll be back. It is the Jesse Kelly Show. And 283 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:25.440 man Selena Zito picked the music so well I almost 284 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:28.079 declined the interview. We could have just sat back and 285 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:31.279 listened the entire time, but that wouldn't be right, would it? 286 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:35.039 Love me some? Sammy Davis Junior anyway? Joining me now, 287 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:38.559 the great Selena Zito, one of the great journalists in 288 00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:42.519 the country who called the Trump win all a long 289 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:46.119 time before it happened. Selena spiked the football, go ahead, 290 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:48.079 rub it in everyone's face. That's what I would do. 291 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:51.119 I was on your show, wasn't it like the day 292 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:52.440 of or before? 293 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:53.359 Mm hmm. 294 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:57.359 Right, I'm like, yeah, he's gonna win and McCormick's gonna win. 295 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:01.839 Mm hmm. Tell me about Pennsylvania. What happened with that 296 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:06.839 McCormick race. What took so long? Is the state of Pennsylvania, 297 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:08.799 which you know I dearly love. I have so many 298 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:12.920 relatives there, amish and otherwise? Is that state just a 299 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:13.920 corrupt disaster? 300 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.200 Now? 301 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:16.119 Selena, what's happened to Pennsylvania? 302 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:20.839 Oh, you know, there was no reason for that recount. 303 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:26.000 I mean technically he was allowed. It was it was 304 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:29.359 triggered because it went below a half a percent. But 305 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:34.640 meaning Casey, however, it was a scooch below a half 306 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:40.119 of percent. He was very well aware that it was 307 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:45.799 not going to change the election. In fact, I think 308 00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:49.079 there's only been two elections that have ever been changed 309 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:55.359 in American politics in a recount like ever, right, it 310 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:58.599 just doesn't happen when you you know you're ahead by 311 00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:04.079 twenty thousand votes. So here's what I think. I think 312 00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:08.680 two things happened at one time. I think Casey was 313 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:14.960 stunned that he lost. He's never outside of a primary 314 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:19.400 race against Edren Dell in two thousand and two for Governor, 315 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:24.079 Bob Casey has never lost a general election race since 316 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:27.920 nineteen ninety six. He's always won, and he's always won 317 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:33.240 by double digits. And so I think he was really 318 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:38.160 convinced that the issues that he was running on, which 319 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:43.720 were snackflation, which is really funny because eighty percent of 320 00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:47.160 the snacks produced in this consumed in this country are 321 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:49.519 made in Pennsylvania. So I thought that was like a 322 00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:57.039 bad idea. And he was running on abortion, and you know, 323 00:20:57.799 --> 00:21:02.279 that's not what the issues were for voters. And and 324 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:06.680 he has failed to be that the senator. You know, 325 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:09.880 some senators are very very good about being out there 326 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:14.319 right and showing up and cutting ribbons and talking, you know, 327 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:18.839 to to voters and good constituent services. And and he 328 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:22.440 was not that good at it. And McCormick was a beast. 329 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:27.359 He was He was just he was everywhere. He had 330 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:31.400 a great Pennsylvania story to tell through. You know, you 331 00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:35.279 you're from Ohio, Pennsylvania. You know, wrestling is like bigger 332 00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:39.680 than football. Right. He went to West Point on on 333 00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:44.400 On wrestling, Right, He had that all Pennsylvania story. He 334 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:48.839 served in the military, he ran a business in Pittsburgh. 335 00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:54.319 He just embodied the electorate. And and so I think 336 00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:56.960 that that was a really long way of me saying 337 00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:59.640 case he just could not believe that he lost. But 338 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:03.000 more importantly, I think what they were trying to do 339 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:09.480 was set precedence by counting illegal votes so that they 340 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:14.200 could weaken Pennsylvania voter's law. I think that was Mark 341 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:21.440 Elias's sort of underhanded way of trying to do that. Luckily, 342 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:25.519 our state Supreme Court, which I should mention is five 343 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:29.640 to two Democrat majority, and they were having none of it. 344 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:34.559 They were so mad at the Bucks County commissioners and 345 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:40.240 Montgomery County commissioners and the Center County commissioners for counting 346 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:45.000 illegal ballots that they wrote their ruling in all capital letters. 347 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:49.000 Ooh ooh yeah yeah. 348 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:51.559 Speaking with Selena Zito, of course you need to go 349 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:55.720 sign up for her free newsletters selenazito dot com if 350 00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:59.039 you want to stay up to date on some things. Okay, Selena, 351 00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:01.720 I've been at asking everybody. I'm gonna go ahead and 352 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:03.519 ask you. Although I think I have a good idea 353 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:08.200 where this is going Thanksgiving in the Zito Zito home. 354 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:12.000 Are we going to get something out of the tradition 355 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:14.480 or is it turkey and mashed potatoes and all the 356 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:16.119 other gross things everyone else eats. 357 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:24.759 I'm Italians going to be real scallapini sauce, meat balls 358 00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:28.680 or pocketa balls, homemade pasta. I can make homemade punkin 359 00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:32.440 pie and apple pie and peacan pie. That that's the 360 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:38.240 traditional part. But it's an Italian Thanksgiving tomorrow with my 361 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:41.279 daughter and my son in law and my four grandchildren. 362 00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:50.079 Gosh, that sounds fantastic. I love the old Scallapoini. Gosh outstanding. Okay, So, Selena, 363 00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:54.200 you said the election wasn't about abortion, and it very 364 00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:58.400 clearly wasn't. I saw a chart today on the demographic shift. 365 00:23:58.480 --> 00:24:01.200 It was every demographic shift did towards Trump. It didn't 366 00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:03.880 win all of them, but men, women, black, white, you know, 367 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:08.680 every single one he gained, every single one. My question 368 00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:12.480 is there's running a presidential campaign is a billion dollar operation. 369 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:17.519 Democrats have a million polsters to and public relations people. 370 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:21.039 How could you run an entire campaign on an issue 371 00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:22.480 that didn't move the needle. 372 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:28.160 For people because they're so encased in it intellectual bubbles. 373 00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:32.279 They believe that everything that they believe is what everybody 374 00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:36.240 else believes, and they're just talking back and forth at 375 00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:40.519 each other, you know. And they also talked about massive 376 00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:43.759 gender gap. There was a gender gap. There's a marriage gap, 377 00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:49.559 but there wasn't a gender gap. Married women overwhelmingly voted 378 00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:53.720 for Trump or women with children. It was single women 379 00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:59.880 that did not college educated single women. So you know, 380 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:02.960 they just don't know the country, you know. And I 381 00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:06.759 was on your show numerous times saying the middle class 382 00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:10.759 it's not white working class anymore. It's middle class, Black, White, Hispanic, 383 00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:15.079 and Asian. They're voting shoulder to shoulder. They do not 384 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:19.240 let those the blind spot that Democrats had. They kept 385 00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:21.920 trying to put people in racial silos. 386 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.240 Vote. 387 00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:27.880 People vote their community, and they vote what's going on 388 00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:31.160 in their families' lives and their friends' lives. You know 389 00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:34.640 that the people that they coach each other's kids softball 390 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:39.559 games are sitting the pew every Sunday. Right, those racial 391 00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:44.279 lines have blurred, and the Democrats just did not understand that. 392 00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:47.480 They could not wrap their heads around the fact that 393 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:52.119 blacks and Hispanics who they believed they had owned, had 394 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:58.720 moved so dramatically away from them. 395 00:25:56.960 --> 00:26:00.440 Selena, do you get the impression and I'm before I 396 00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:03.759 even asked the question. It's probably a combination of a 397 00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:06.240 bunch of things, but do you get the impression that 398 00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:09.240 the average voter, not me, who I'm a hardcore partisan, 399 00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:12.480 but the average voter. Was it a rejection of the 400 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:17.160 Democrat Party or more of a rejection of Kamala Harris, 401 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:21.759